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J. B. ORUMP. FIREPLACE HEATER.

No. 571,897. Patented Nov. 24, 1896.

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JIMMIE B. CRUMP, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

FIREPLACE-H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,897, dated November24, 1896.

Application filed F br ary 8, 1896. Serial No. 573,582. (No model.)

To all whont iv. rim/y concern:

Be it known that I, JIMMIE B. ORUMP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, haveinvented a new and useful Fireplace- Heater, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to fireplace-heaters; and the primary objectaimed at is to prevent dust and ashes from flying into the room and toguard against live coals falling upon the floor or hearth.

The improvement consists of certain details of construction, novelfeatures, and peculiar combination of the parts which hereinafter willbe more fully described and claimed.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof; and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of acoal-grate or fireplace-heater constructed in accordance with theprinciples of this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof onthe line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan section on the line Y Y ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the means for supportingthe screen and blower when elevated.

Similar and corresponding parts in the description and all the figuresof the drawings are referred to and designated by the samereference-characters.

The front 1 may be of any pattern usually employed in the constructionof open grates or fireplace-heaters, and is provided at its upper endwith a shield 2,-forming an ornament, and which serves to hide the meanswhereby the guards are held in an elevated position. The basket orfire-pot comprises an upright grate 3 and a tilting grate 4, the latterhaving end trunnions 5 to turn upon when clumping. The front end of thetilting grate is forwardly inclined, and the lower end of the uprightgrate 3 is correspondingly inclined, so as to provide an overlappingjoint 6, which prevents the grate 4 from tilting downwardly at its frontend. A toothed segment 7 is located at one end of the grate 4: and isconcen- 5 5 trio with the adjacent trunnion, and a rackbar 8, mounted insuitable guides, meshes with the toothed segment and is adapted whenreoiprocated todump the grate by tilting the same upon its trunnions, aswill be readily 6o comprehended. A casing 9 projects vertically from thefront 1 and is in the same plane therewith and forms a pocket 10, withinwhich slide the guards 11 and 12, the former being a screen which whenlowered prevents coals from dropping upon the floor or hearth and thelatter being a blower which when lowered causes the draft to passthrough the coals and prevents ashes and dust from flying into the roomwhen raking the fire or dumping the grate. A partition 13 divides thepocket 10 into two compartments and holds the screen and blowerseparated and obviates interference of the one with the other whensliding into or out of the pocket. A turn-button 14: is 7 5 pivoted tothe upper end of the front 1 in the rear of the shield 2 and when turnedproperly projects across the lower end of the pocket, so as to receiveand support the blower 12, and

it can be turned aside when it is required to lower the blower either toquicken the fire or to prevent the escape of dust and ashes into theroom. A stop 15 is provided on one leg of the front to support theblower a short distance above the fender 16 and has pivotal connectionwith its support, so as to be turned aside when it is required to lowerthe blower upon the fender.

The screen 11 has a ring 18 at its lower end to engage with a projection17, provided on 0 the front 1 immediately in the rear of the shield 2,and by this means the screen is held elevated within the pocket 10 whennot required for use. By locating the parts 17, 18,

and 14 in the rear of the ornament or shield 2 they are concealed fromview, which is desirable for obvious reasons. I

An ash-pit 19 is formed immediately below the fire-pot, and aslidingplate 20 forms a ner set forth.

and its lower edge touches the sliding plate 20, and its office is toact in the capacity of a scraper and remove the ashes from the plate asthe latter is drawn forward, whereby they will drop into the ash-pan 22,and during this operation, as well as the shaking of the fire or thetilting of the grate, the blower 12 is lowered to prevent the escape ofashes or dust into the room. A rod 24: is connected with the front endof the plate 20 and can be folded beneath the fender 16, so as to be outof the way, and is readily accessible when it is required to operate theplate 20in the man- The front end of the reservoirpit 21 is forwardlyinclined to admit of the tipping upward of the front end of the ashpan22 when removing the latter from beneath the blade 23, and the ash-panis provided at each end with a handle 25 to facilitate the moving of thesame.

The side pieces or legs of the front 1 are grooved or channeled in theirinner sides in line with the pocket 10 to form guides or ways 26 to giveproper direction to the guards 11 and 12 in their Vertical slidingmovements. The pocket 10 may be formed. in the brickwork or masonry of achimney-breast, or may be provided by a sheet-metal casing, or suppliedin any convenient manner that maysuggest itself to the artisan.

The ring 18 and the turn-button 1% are operated by hand to release orhold the guards elevated, the hand, suitably protected, being employedfor this purpose, or an instrument, such as a poker, shaker, or otherimplement usually found about a stove or heater, may be resorted to foreffecting the desired end.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Incombination, an open front heater having a pocket above and in line withits front, and having guides or ways in the inner sides of the legs orside pieces of the said front, guards slidably mounted within the pocketand ways, means as a turn-button, ring and projection at the upper endof the front for supporting the guards Within the pocket, and a shieldextending in front of and concealing the supporting means for theguards, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a fireplace-heater having an ash-pit below thefire-pot and a reservoir-pit below the ash-pit, and extending forwardlyof the ash-pit and fire-pot a sliding plate forming a bottom to theash-pit and a cover to the reservoir-pit, and a vertical blade about inline with the front of theash-pit and having its lower edge abouttouching the top side of the sliding plate, substantially as set forthfor the purpose described.

3. In combination, a fireplace-heater having an ash-pit below thefire-pot and a reservoir-pit below the ash-pit with its front endforwardly inclined, and extending forwardly of the ash-pit and fire-potan ash-pan removably located in the reservoir-pit, a sliding plateforming a cover for the ash-pan and a bottom to the ash-pit, and a bladedisposed at about the front end of the ash-pit and having its lower edgeapproaching or touching the top side of the sliding plate, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JIMMIE B. ORUMP. \Vitn esses C. BRowNE OLosE, GEO. W. UNRUH.

